Friday, December 10, 2010

Some News for Fri Dec 10, 2010

STARTERS

There are reports circulating today that say the USA will play a friendly in Cairo against Egypt on Wed Feb 9.

WORLD CUP 2022 FALLOUT

"It was disappointing because I know how hard people had worked, including myself, to bring home a result. And when you realize in the end it didn't have much of a chance because it had little to do with what we were saying and more on how things are in the world, it's kind of a hard thing to reconcile."-Chuck Blazer

Matches & Scores:-Sun Dec 12Tottenham v Chelsea - one of the most meaningful meetings between these two London rivals in a long time. #5 hosts #3.Juventus v Lazio - #3 v #2-Mon Dec 13Manchester United v Arsenal - #2 v #1 - and bitter rivals over the past decade!

FACT OF THE DAY

Barcelona will replace Unicef as their front of shirt advertisement for next season (the team made a charitable contribution to Unicef then took a tax write off), and will instead sell their jersey for the first time in club history, earning 30 Million Euro per season for 5 seasons to advertise something called the Qatar Foundation.

There are some really nice details on Portland's second shirt for next season. Just under the collar on the back it says ROSE CITY. And on the front is the actual Rose City patch. And the red is nice too. (click to make the picture grow)

MLS TEAM & PLAYER NEWS

NEW YORK RED BULLS

The Bulls are all set to sign English forward Luke Rodgers now that his visa problems have been cleared up. He is currently at Notts County in the third division (League One.)

I can see some problems arising real quick due to travel costs for this league, especially with a team in Antigua, 3 in Puerto Rico, and one not just away from the east coast but all the way out west in Los Angeles. The second furthest western team in is Dayton OH.

AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Games Action: (only those that played are listed)

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP - Quarterfinals-Fri Dec 10Pachuca 0-1 Mazembe Englebert-Herculez Gomez - came on as a sub in the74th minute-Jose Torres - started and went 73 minutes-Marco Vidal - did not play

CONCACAF

CONCACAF has announced that American Brian Hall has been named the new director of referees of the federation.-Full confession: I am charter member in the Brain Hall fan club, and once talked to him in a mens room. Very awkward for him. Thrilling for me.

CONMEBOL will get an extra spot in this tournament, as hosts Brazil are in automatically, and the region also got to keep their normal 4.5 places. So South America will have 5.5 spots in that World Cup.